Skate



(No Model.)

E H. BARNEY.

SKATE. No. 878,424. Patented Feb. 28, 1888.

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SKATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent; No. 378,424, dated February 28, 1888.

Application filed December 2.1, 1887.

To [6% whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, Evnunrr H. BARNEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Springfield, in the county of Hampden and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Skates, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of skates in which the sole-clamps and heel-clamp,when properly adjusted by the turning of a screwrod which engages with said clamps to approximately fit the sole and heel, are set to firmly grip and bind the sole and heel by the operation of a cam pivoted to the end portion of said screw-01a mp rod,the swinging of which in a manner to bear by its one edge against the rear of said heel-clamp will draw the said clamp-rod slightly rearwardly and the soleclamps inwardly, and also at the same time force the said heel slightly forward; and the invention consists in the construction and combination of the heel-clamp and the parts of and about the heelplate for the support and guiding of the heel-clamp, all substantially as will be hereinafter more fully described, and set forth in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings the present invention is illustrated, Figure 1 being a side elevation of a skate constructed in accordance therewith, with parts at the heel portion in central vertical section. Fig. 2 is a plan view of same with a portion of the heel-plate broken away for better illustration. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the heel-plate bracket with the heel-plate removed and the heel-clamp in position thereon. Fig. 4 is a cross-section on line 00 m.

The bracket A is to be formed of trough shape transversely and in one piece,and is attached to the rear runner-standard, a, in any suitable manner, and is preferably struck up from a single blank of suitable metalas wrought or malleable iron or other metal having similar ductile properties-and,as particularly shown, the said bracket consists of an intermediate bottom or base, f, apertured, as at c, for the reception of the studs of the top of the rear runner-standard for its attachment thereto,

risers or side plates g g, and laterallyh it, all in extending wings or bracket plates Serial No. 258,569. (No model.)

tegrally formed; and resting upon and secured to said bracket-wings is the separately-formed heel-plate B, provided with the forward abutment, k.

The heel-clamp G is provided with the rear abutments,l Z, rising from a common transverse web, m, through the central portion of which an aperture, 1), is formed to permit the slide of the clamp-rod D, and said clamp-web is providedwith aforwardly-projecting tongue, E, either made as one extension of the web m, bored or channeled to secure a continuation of the passage for the free movement of the clamp-rod D, or, preferably, and for the pur poses of increased lightness and greater compactness, as particularly shown, formed with a dividing-space between the outer prongs or legs 12 p, thereby formed.

The formation of a bracket integrally of trough shape in cross-section, substantially as described, for the guiding of the forward heelclamp extension E, assures simplicity, ease, accuracy, and cheapness of construction, combined with the advantages of lightness and durability.

That I claim as my invention is- 1. In a skate of the character substantially as described, the combination, with the rear runner-standard provided with the studs (1, of a heel-plate bracket of trough shape in crosssection,provided with the lateral wings h h, integrally formed and struck up from asingle metal blank, the separately-formed heel-plate secured to said bracket, and the heel-clamp comprising the rear abutments, H, the apertured web m, and the forked arms p p, extending forwardly therefrom, all substantially as shown, and for the purpose described.

2. In combination with the rear runnerstandard of a skate, provided with the studs (2, an integrally-formed heel-plate bracket of trough shape in cross-section, struck up from a single metal blank, and provided with the apertures c, all substantially as and for the purpose described.

EVERETT H. BARNEY,

Witnesses:

H. A. CHAPIN, G. M. CHAMBERLAIN. 

